LAS VEGAS -- Tickets
are on sale for the 2006 Miss America Pageant, which will be held
next month at the Aladdin Resort & Casino here.
Ticket prices for
the preliminary competitions range from $25 to $65 for Jan. 17 and
18 and from $30 to $75 for Jan. 19.
The cost of
attending the pageant finale on Jan. 21 runs from $35 to $95. A
four-night ticket package ranges from $100 to $250.
Tickets can be
purchased by phone at (702) 474-4000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
The final night of
the pageant, which will be hosted by Desperate Housewives star
James Denton, also will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern time/7
p.m. Central on the CMT network and will be tape delayed to air at
8 p.m. Pacific time/9 p.m. Mountain time.
The 2006 pageant
will be the first in 85 years to be held outside Atlantic City,
N.J. Miss America Organization officials announced in August that
they had asked for and received permission from the Atlantic City
Convention & Visitors Authority to move the
competition.
To contact
reporter Amy Baratta, send e-mail to [email protected].